SES Stock — SES AI Corporation

SES AI Corporation (SES)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SES is a Stock. Total return is -93.4% over the past 5.6 years, 204.9 points behind SPY at 111.5%.

SES AI Corporation develops and manufactures AI-enhanced lithium metal and lithium-ion battery technologies and energy storage systems for electric vehicles, urban air mobility, drones, robotics, and grid storage applications, serving automotive manufacturers and other customers across the United States and Asia Pacific regions. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule. This security appeals primarily to growth-oriented investors focused on the battery technology and electrification sectors rather than those seeking dividend income.

SES performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -93.4% over the past 5.6 years, 204.9 points behind SPY at 111.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -77.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 84.7%.

SES key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/01/2021

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$0.71 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$233,604,287

Average volume

25842182.0

Beta

0.99

Payout ratio

0.0%

EPS

$-0.18

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SES risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 84.7%.

Who may consider SES — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SES does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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